1684

Contents:

Pocket memorandum book

Cardialgia (spring/summer?)

Canis rabidi morsus (spring/summer?)

Mucus (spring/summer?)

Tormina (spring/summer?)

On the Labadists (August 22)

Epitome of An Essay concerning human understanding (unknown)

Some directions concerning the education of his son (December?)

Pocket memorandum book   (1684)

Location:   Pierpont Morgan Libary, Printed Books, W 22 C.

Description:   A pocket memorandum book used by Locke to record notes (mostly accounts) from October 1683 through the end of 1684. In an interleaved copy of: Nieuw geinventeerde Koopmans Comptoit- en Schrift-Almanach, op ’t Jaer onzes Heeren Jesu Christi MDCLXXXIV. Na de Nieuwe en Oude Stijl. … Versien met de Jaer-markten, Paerde- Beeste- en Leer-markten, da dagelijksche uuren van des Maens Op-en Ondergang, door Pieter Rembrantsz. van Nierop. Nitsgadersde Vacantien voor den Hove van Hollandt in ’s Gravenhage, Uytrecht, Vrieslandt, Groeninger, en de Stadt Amsterdam; tot getief van Burges en Koopman. ’t Amsterdam, By Albert Magnus, Boekverkooper op de Nieuwen-dijk, in der Atlas, MDCLXXXIV. [1684]. 12^o. 120 pages.

The almanac is preceded by a folded sheet, forming two leaves. On the first leaf is a pencil note in an unknown hand: “a pocket book once belonging to John Locke given me by Lord L[ovelace]. “; the verso is blank. The second leaf contains autograph accounts from October through December 1683; the verso is blank. On the pages of the printed almanac are further autograph notes from 1684, mostly accounts. There is no index.

12^o. π², A-E¹². [2] leaves [ms. notes], [120] pages [the almanac]. Wrapped in beige marbled paper.

Publications:   None

Cardialgia   (spring/summer 1684)

Location:   Bodleian Libary, MS. Locke f. 24, f. 17.

Description:   A brief Latin note, initialed “JL”; based on his reading of a medical book.

Publications:   None

Canis rabidi morsus   (spring/summer 1684)

Location:   Bodleian Libary, MS. Locke f. 24, f. 18.

Description:   A brief medical note, initialed “JL”.

Publications:   None

Mucus   (spring/summer 1684)

Location:   Bodleian Libary, MS. Locke f. 24, f. 103.

Description:   A medical note, initialed “JL”.

Publications:   None

Tormina   (spring/summer 1684)

Location:   Bodleian Libary, MS. Locke f. 24, f. 171.

Description:   A medical note, initialed “JL”.

Publications:   None

On the Labadists   (1684 August 22)

Location:   Bodleian Libary, MS. Locke f. 8, pp. 114-121.

Description:   An untitled entry in Locke’s journal, dated 22 August 1684. Locke made a journey to visit the Labadist community at Wieuwerd in North Holland.

Publications:

1. Political essays / Locke ; edited by Mark Goldie. – Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997. – pp. 294-296. [Locke #867+]

Discussions:   Goldie, publication #1 above, p. 293-294.

Epitome of An essay concerning human understanding   [1684 or 5?]

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 28, ff. 52-82.

Description:   An epitome of the manuscript of Locke’s Essay concerning human understanding, in the hand of Sylvester Brounower, with alterations and additions in Locke’s hand. According to Hill & Milton, “The Epitome (Abrégé) of Locke.s Essay” (2003), this English abstract was written prior to the writing of Draft C, during the first two years of Locke’s exile in Holland, as an aid in organizing his draft papers. A revised version in French was published in Le Clerc’s Bibliothèque universelle in 1688 [Locke #38], and later translated into English [Locke #40].

The manuscript consists of four quires of eight leaves, c. 160 × 105 mm, signed A-D by Locke. At present, quire D is misbound; the two inner sheets have been placed side by side, thus disarranging the order of pages. Hill and Milton provide a detailed description of the correct order.

Publications:

1. “View of the Essay.” // IN: The life of John Locke : with extracts from his correspondence, journals and common-place books / by Lord King. – London : H. Colburn, 1829. – pp. 362-398; London : H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1830. – vol. 2:231-293. – This section of King has been transcribed by Garth Kemerling and posted on the web at: http://www.philosophypages.com/locke/k365.htm [viewed 29 May 2004]
2. Drafts for the Essay concerning human understanding, and other philosophical writings. Volume 2 / John Locke ; edited by G.A.J. Rogers. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, forthcoming. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke)

Discussions:   Hill & Milton (see Description above); Walmsley, “Dating the ‘Epitome’ of the Essay : an update” (2012)

Some Directions concerning the Education of his Son   [December 1684 or January 1685?]

Location:   British Library, Add. MS. 38,771.

Description:   A clean draft of Locke’s thoughts on the education, in the hand of Sylvester Brounower; the title page, the first line, and some corrections in Locke’s hand. The title page reads “Some Directions concerning the Education of his Son. Sent to his worthy Freind M^r Edward Clarke of Chipley 1684”.

The manuscript was prepared after an earlier version went astray in the post; see Locke to Clarke, late Nov. 1684 [Letter no. 791]. This version was sent to Clarke early in January 1685 [De Beer].

The manuscript consists of 52 leaves (f. 16 and two unnumbered leaves at end are blank), measuring 109 × 77 mm. The text is numbered in 82 sections. The manuscript also contains a letter of transmittal to Clarke (f. 51^v-52^v) [Letter no. 804].
8^o. a-f⁸g⁷; the outer bifolio of gathering a is wrapped around gatherings a-b, the final leaf (f. 16) is blank and is signed “a”; the direction line of the first sheet of each gathering contains “Ed.” and the signature.

Publications:

1. Directions concerning education : being the first draft of his Thoughts concerning education / John Locke ; now printed from Additional MS. 38771 in the British Museum with an introduction by Frederic George Kenyon. – Oxford : for presentation to members of the Roxburgh Club, 1933. – 84 p. [Locke #943]

Discussions:   Kenyon, Introduction to publication #1 above; Yolton & Yolton (ed.), Introduction to Some thoughts concerning education (1989), pp. 44-46; De Beer, vol. 2:624 and Letter no. 804.